Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-03

Nautical instruction with Interest
| ing Young Women for Pupils.

ing Young Women for Pupils.
Fro M the Rshn69tA Herald.
ACaptain who attempted teaching maui
tioalism to party of young ladies on a
yacht not long since, Jared as follows:
Lady No. Now, Captain, what Ia q
sloopg
Captain-A sloop has but one mast.
L. (pointing to a schooner lis that a
sloopf
C.-No, that is a schooner. A slOop has
but one mast; a schooner has two, as you
see. Now remember-sloop, one mast;
schooner, two.
L.-Certainly. How many masts has a
ship!
O.-Three.
L.-How many masts did you say a
C.-One. sIoop one mast, schooner
two, ship three.
L. (pointlpg to a sloop)-Is that a
schooner?
C.-No, that's a sloop. sloop one mast,
schooner two, ship three.
Lon, yes; remember (pointing to a
ship; isn't that a pretty schooner
C.-Taats not schooner-thaTs a
ship. DON'T you see it has three masts?
Lob, yes. lent that big schooner
lying at the wharf there?
|. C.-Sehooner! How many masts has
that vesselp
L.-Ihree.
C.-Wen, what has three mastsi
L-A-a sloOp.
C.-Sloop. SloOp has one mast, tell
YOU; schooner two, ship three.
Lady No. 2-Wny, Jane, how stupid you
arel A schooner always has one mast.
l.. (chatty. and quite obltViOus OF stu
pidity what is brig?
CA brig has two masts and Is rugged
like ship with square sails.
Lady No. 2-Jaue, look at this sloop
coming along.
C.-PhaFs a schooner; don't you see
the two mastsg SlOop one mast, schooner
two masts, ship three masts.
L.-Are those schooners there with
three masts9
C.-Yes.
LII thought you said a schooner had
but one mastY
1.-Two! two masts. Sloop one mast,
schooner two. ship three.
but that schooner has three masts.
C.-Well, It is a taree .masted schooner.
L.-Tben q schooner can have any num-
Der OF masts!
C.-No. Sloop one mast. schooner two
and sometimes three masts, ship three
masts.
L,-pm sure l can't make 1t out. It's
awfully puzziing. What Is barkl
G. (una0le any longer to popuarjze
science, falls back ON the technical eX-
pressions )-Vessels with Ewo masts ship
rugged and one mast sloop-rigged,
square sails on fore aud mainmast, and
fCre-and-a't sails on the miZzen.
L.-MizZenl What's mizzen?
C.-I.ast mast ait, madam.
L.-Aftl What's the aft!
C.-The stern, madam.
L.-On, Pm sure can't make ii out. IL
tina a sIoOp theref (poInting again to a
schoORer).
C.-No, it's a schooner! sioep one m asst,
schooner two, ship three.
L-How many masts has a manic.
war?
C.-Tbree.
We'll. what's the difference between
a naH|O-war and smack
c. Groans and Is silent).
L-What are those sticks across the
masts Of that schooner, Csptainy
C.-Thats not schooner. Schooner
two masts, ship three, sloop one. That's
a ship. Those are the yards which hold
the sails.
L.--0hl
G. encouraged Now, the first yard
on the foremast ~ the fore yard, the SEQ.
end Is the fOretopssil yard, the third Is
the fore topgallaut yard.
L.-What Is that yard sticking straight
up out Of that little sChoonerl
C.-Cireat Sootti This--thaps not
sohooner; it's a sloep. SlOop one mast.
schoouer TWO, ship three. What you call
her yard Is her nast.
Lady No. 2-Certainly, Jane; how
stupld YOU arsi Captain, what are tie
names OF the other masts on that
scaooner's yards you were pointing out
TO usi
internally y
Lady No. 2--Captain, where are the
lubbersi
q. (Captain wishes he could tell up
there on the ship's m acts, near the tops.
l.. decking attentively at a schooner y
Near the top Of the masts Of that slsopr
O.-No, mol Further down. Where the
guthock shrOuds are fastened. No, no;
not tina. vessel. A schooner has 40 Tub.
beers (mentally, except this one, and
they're ou deck.)
l.. (whose interest In the locality OF
lubbers suddenly ceases )-Isn't that y
pretty ship sailing alongf
C-shipl That's an old tub or a
schooner, masm. Schooner two mRSts,
shin three, sloOp one, tell you.
Lean slOOp have two mastsi
C.-slo0p one mast, schooner two, ship
three.
Lady No. 2--How many mssts has a
ship, Captain
C.-shiD three masts, schooner two,
al0Op one.